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By  Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter The fall of zero-emissions electric airplane startup Eviation this month was triggered by a tense internal standoff among shareholders. In mid-January, the company’s deep-pocketed, Singapore-based financial backer sent a letter to the shareholders that outlined a deep rift with the two Israeli co-founders and delivered a potent threat.

By  David Kroman Seattle Times staff reporter A Seattle City Council committee voted 3-2 Thursday in favor of a bill allowing more housing on the edges of Seattle’s industrial district, near the two sports stadiums. The proposed legislation will go to the full council March 18. The bill, brought by council President Sara Nelson, has

By  Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Washington state has awarded a new $1.5 million grant for a planned sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel production facility projected to open in 2029 at Wallula Gap on the Columbia River. That’s a very small portion of the funding required to complete the facility being developed by

Arlington-based startup Eviation, which flew the first flight of its sleek all-electric airplane at Moses Lake in fall 2022, laid off most of its staff last week after failing to attract new funding, according to two employees who were among those cut. “The company is pausing operations indefinitely,” said an engineer. “Most of the engineering

 Guard via AP) By  BECKY BOHRER  and  HALLIE GOLDEN The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board were dead, authorities said. The crash was one of

By  Stephanie Bowman Special to The Seattle Times President Donald Trump’s trade storm made landfall this past week, creating chaos with the nation’s — and Washington state’s — largest trading partners. At least one thing is clear: The administration intends to use tariffs to achieve outcomes that have nothing to do with international trade. As

By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Investigators are gathering evidence to determine the cause of the tragic midair collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday night. Already a key focus is whether the helicopter was flying higher than permitted. As the American Airlines jet made a

By  Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter More than two decades ago, aerospace engineer John Hart-Smith, then already a world-renowned expert on designing aircraft structures, gained fame beyond his field when he warned Boeing management that its shortsighted financial focus would be ruinous. In an internal Boeing presentation in 2001, and in essays written with hilariously

By  Danny Westneat The struggles of Seattle’s downtown to recover after the pandemic have rightly been blamed on some key factors, such as the inability of the city to get control of public safety there. But new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows just how much the change in how we work has affected

By  Paige Cornwell Most travelers won’t see all the 100-plus different construction projects transforming Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as they run-run-Rudolph through the terminal. But they will notice scaffolding, long lines and congestion during the holiday rush. Sea-Tac is in the middle of a $5 billion, multiyear series of upgrades totaling 120 construction projects before the July 2026 World Cup, when